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1979 action films
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The list 1979 action films includes
Escape from Alcatraz, City on Fire, A Force of One, Jaguar Lives! and Fast Company.
The list consists of 40 members
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Escape from Alcatraz
1979 film by Don Siegel
Overview: Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 American prison thriller film directed and produced by Don Siegel. The screenplay, written by Richard Tuggle, is based on the 1963 non-fiction book of the same name by J ...Release date: 22 June 1979Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, ThrillerDirector: Don SiegelProducer: J. Campbell Bruce, Richard TuggleA dramatization of the one possibly successful escape from the notorious prison.
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Captain America
1979 American TV series or program
Overview: Captain America is a 1979 American made-for-television superhero film loosely based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, directed by Rod Holcomb and starring Reb Brown. The film was followed ...Release date: 19 January 1979Genre: Drama, ActionDirector: Rod HolcombProducer: Allan Balter, Martin M. GoldsteinWriter: Don Ingalls, Chester KrumholzA recipient of an experimental body enhancement chemical retaliates against his would be killers as a star spangled superhero. 0
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Seven
1979 film by Andy Sidaris
Overview: Seven is a 1979 American action film directed by Andy Sidaris and starring William Smith as Drew Sevano, a freelance agent hired by the government to eliminate a cartel of seven mobsters attempting to ...Release date: 1 September 1979Genre: Drama, ActionDirector: Andy SidarisProducer: Robert Baird, William DriskillA government agent discovers a plot by a cartel of seven gangsters to take over the state of Hawaii. He hires a team of seven hitmen to stop them. 0
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Master with Cracked Fingers
1979 Hong Kong film
Overview: Master with Cracked Fingers (Chinese: 刁手怪招; pinyin: diāo shǒu guài zhāo), also released as Snake Fist Fighter, is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Mu Chu and starring Jackie Chan ...Genre: Drama, Comedy, ActionDirector: Mu ZhuProducer: Sun Liu, Lee Long KoanYoung Jackie was intrigued by Kung-Fu since an early age, but his father strictly forbade its practice... 0
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City on Fire
1979 Canadian disaster film directed by Alvin Rakoff
Overview: City on Fire is a 1979 disaster action film directed by Alvin Rakoff, written by Jack Hill, Dave Lewis and Celine La Freniere, and stars Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, James ...Release date: 24 May 1979Genre: Action, Drama, ThrillerDirector: Alvin RakoffProducer: Harold Greenberg, Claude HérouxWriter: Jack Hill, David P. LewisA pyromaniac, ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city ... 0
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Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979 Western film directed by Richard Lester
Overview: Butch and Sundance: The Early Days is a 1979 American Western film and prequel to the 1969 film. It stars Tom Berenger as Butch Cassidy and William Katt as the Sundance Kid, with Jeff Corey reprising his ...
Release date: 15 June 1979Genre: Western, ComedyDirector: Richard LesterProducer: Steven Bach, Jack B. BernsteinWriter: Allan Burns, William GoldmanA prequel of sorts to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) which chronicles the two outlaws' lives in the years before the events portrayed in the ... 0
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A Force of One
1979 film by Paul Aaron
Overview: A Force of One is a 1979 American martial arts action-thriller film directed by Paul Aaron and starring Chuck Norris, with Jennifer O'Neill, Ron O'Neal, Clu Gulager, and martial artist Bill Wallace in ...Release date: 1 June 1979Genre: Drama, Crime, Action, ThrillerDirector: Paul AaronProducer: Alan Belkin, Michael LeoneWriter: Pat E. Johnson, Ernest TidymanA team of undercover narcotics agents is conducting an investigation when things mysteriously begin to go haywire... 0
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Ang leon, ang tigre, at ang alamid
Philippine action filmOverview: Ang Leon, ang Tigre at ang Alamid (transl. The Lion, the Tiger and the Civet) is a 1979 Philippine action film directed by Cesar Gallardo. The film stars Rudy Fernandez, Bembol Roco and Lito Lapid ...Director: Cesar GallardoWriter: Tony MortelIN COMBAT, THREE YOUNG MEN OF STRENGTH, FEROCITY, AND AGILITY ASSUME THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE LION, THE TIGER, AND THE BLACK MOUNTAIN. 0
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Captain America II: Death Too Soon
1979 superhero TV movie
Overview: Captain America II: Death Too Soon is a 1979 American made-for-television superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America, directed by Ivan Nagy and starring Reb Brown. The film was ...Release date: 23 November 1979Genre: Thriller, Sci-Fi, ActionDirector: Ivan NagyProducer: Allan Balter, Martin M. GoldsteinWriter: Wilton Schiller, Patricia PayneThe star spangled hero must battle a villain's plan to poison America with a chemical that horrifically accelerates the aging processing. 0
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Kaala Patthar
1979 film by Yash Chopra
Overview: Kaala Patthar (transl. Black Stone) is a 1979 Indian Hindi-language action drama produced and directed by Yash Chopra, with a screenplay written by Salim–Javed. Based on the Chasnala mining disaster ...Release date: 9 August 1979Genre: Drama, ActionDirector: Yash ChopraProducer: Javed Akhtar, Salim Khan 0
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Jamaican Gold
1979 British-American action film by Henry Levin
Overview: The Treasure Seekers is a 1979 British-American action film directed by Henry Levin and starring Rod Taylor, Stuart Whitman and Elke Sommer. It was shot on location in Jamaica.Genre: Adventure, ActionDirector: Henry LevinProducer: Walter Brough, Rod TaylorA chance meeting leads two former college friends into a search for sunken treasure, a search which involves them with the double dealing Landers... 0
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Jaguar Lives!
1979 film by Ernest Pintoff
Overview: Jaguar Lives! is a 1979 American action film directed by Ernest Pintoff and starring Joe Lewis, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence and Barbara Bach. Its plot follows a secret agent who battles an inter ...Release date: 9 August 1979Genre: Action, CrimeDirector: Ernest PintoffProducer: Quinn Donoghue, Derek GibsonWriter: Yabo YablonskyA world's new kung-fu hero (Joe Lewis) is out to stop drug dealers, gangs and help save the world from an evil con (Christopher Lee). 0
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Fast Company
1979 Canadian film
Overview: Fast Company is a 1979 Canadian action film directed by David Cronenberg and starring William Smith, John Saxon, Claudia Jennings and Nicholas Campbell. It was written by Phil Savath, Courtney Smith, Alan ...Release date: 18 March 1979Genre: DramaDirector: David CronenbergProducer: Nicholas Campbell, David CronenbergStandard good guys vs. bad guys drag racing movie. Nice scene of the driver's view during a funny car run.. 0
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Day of the Assassin
1979 American film
Overview: Day of the Assassin (Spanish: El día de los asesinos) is a 1979 American-Spanish-Mexican action film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, who called it "a trainwreck of a movie."Release date: 15 December 1979Genre: Drama, ActionDirector: Brian Trenchard-SmithProducer: Robert Avard Miller, Robin Lubin 0
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The Hitter
1979 American film
Overview: The Hitter is a 1979 American blaxploitation action film directed by Christopher Leitch and written by Christopher Leitch and Ben Harris. The film stars Ron O'Neal, Sheila Frazier, Adolph Caesar, Bill ...Release date: 1 February 1979Genre: Drama, Thriller, ActionDirector: Christopher LeitchProducer: Kenneth Fink, Ronald GoldmanWriter: Christopher Leitch, Ben HarrisAn ex-professional boxer (O'Neal) tries to make a new start when teaming up with a fast talking but... 0
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Muqabla
1979 Indian film
Overview: Muqabla (transl. Match) is 1979 Hindi-language action film directed by Rajkumar Kohli. The film stars Sunil Dutt, Shatrughan Sinha, Reena Roy, Bindiya Goswami in lead roles. Rajesh Khanna, Rekha ...Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance, Adventure, ActionDirector: Rajkumar KohliProducer: Raja Desai, Raja RoyWriter: Faiz SaleemSheru (Shatrughan Sinha) and Vicky (Sunil Dutt) are two gangleaders. After a series of complications... 0
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The Glove
1979 film by Ross Hagen
Overview: The Glove (also known as The Glove: Lethal Terminator) is a 1979 action film directed by cult actor Ross Hagen and starring John Saxon. Saxon plays a bounty hunter who's given a large sum to track down ...Release date: 1 December 1979Genre: Drama, Crime, ActionDirector: Ross HagenProducer: Julian Roffman, William B. SilberkleitWriter: Hubert Smith, Julian RoffmanA bounty hunter is offered $20,000 - off the record - for the capture of a very large man who dons body armor and steel-plated gauntlets for his regular ... 0
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Border Cop
1979 film starring Telly Savalas
Overview: Border Cop is a 1979 crime action film directed by Christopher Leitch and starring Telly Savalas. Savalas plays a United States Border Patrol agent who has a close run-in with a dangerous organized crime ...Release date: 6 August 1980Genre: Drama, Thriller, ActionDirector: Christopher LeitchProducer: Anuar Badin, John DalyWriter: Michael Allin 0
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Duniya Meri Jeb Mein
1979 Indian film
Overview: Duniya Meri Jeb Mein (transl. The world in my pocket) is a 1979 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Tinnu Anand, stars Shashi Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh in pivotal roles and music ...Release date: 10 August 1979Genre: Drama, Family, ActionDirector: Tinnu AnandProducer: Bitu Anand, Naresh MalhotraA student in a prestigious college, Vishal Khanna believes he lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his businessman brother... 0
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Way of the Dragon 2
1980 Hong Kong film
Overview: Way of the Dragon 2, also known as Bruce Le's Greatest Revenge, is a 1978 martial arts film sequel to Way of the Dragon starring Bruce Le. The film is considered to be a Bruceploitation film. Despite the ...Genre: Drama, ActionDirector: Lu Po TuProducer: Chieh Chiang, Ping Chung HungA classic tribute to a legendary Kung-Fu master. The high-powered action and deadly fistfights don't let up for a moment. When all the chips are down ... 0
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